california has been a blue state since the '90s. after this election though it is more democratic than ever picking up seats in congress as well as the state legislature. so does this mean it's the end of the road for republicans in this state? it depends on who you ask. >> this election whether it was in the state of california or for the nation was a little bit of a wake-up call for republicans. >> reporter: on the national front, californians voted in an additional five democrats to congress. that means 38 out of the 53 districts are dominated by democrats in the house. at the state level, both the senate and the assembly have a supermajority of democrats, that's two-thirds of the members. with both our senators staunch democrats and a democratic governor, where did the republicans go wrong? cbs 5 political analyst joe tuman believes their problem is they are alienating too many voters. >> if there is a big tent as george bush once said for the republican party, right know that tent has a sign on the outside door that says, if yo